It was a brand of football that would have been unrecognizable to Saban and Kiffin when they first joined up. Don't go there. You'll be a game manager. You'll never put up big numbers,'" Kiffin said. Here's Julio Jones , one of the greatest of all time, and he never had more than 78 catches, but yet, Amari Cooper had In Kiffin's three years in Tuscaloosa, the Tide went with three College Football Playoff appearances and one national title.
Of course, Kiffin didn't make it to Alabama's national title game that third year, having been dismissed by Saban earlier in the week. Kiffin had taken the head job with Florida Atlantic, and Saban felt he wasn't paying enough attention to his Alabama job after the Tide scored just two offensive touchdowns and freshman quarterback Jalen Hurts threw for just 57 yards in a national semifinal win over Washington. When Kiffin left, Alabama's offense only got scarier under future offensive coordinators Mike Locksley and Sarkisian.
As one longtime staffer said, "There's a narrative out there that the Alabama offense exploded under Lane, and he was a big part of where it is now.
But the explosion came under Locks and Sark. Just look at the numbers over the last few years. Alabama has finished in the top three in scoring offense each of the past three years and sixth or better in both total offense and passing offense the past three years.
Of course, it has done it with three straight quarterbacks drafted in the first round and nine running backs, receivers or tight ends selected in the first three rounds of the past four drafts.
Most in and around the program at that time also agree that Kiffin's offenses helped to attract more elite skill people. Just look at Alabama's current quarterback: Bryce Young , a former five-star prospect from California. Young's father said they didn't take Alabama seriously as a destination until they saw the offense begin to open up with Tagovailoa at quarterback.
Kiffin enters Saturday's matchup with another another California quarterback, Matt Corral , who is lighting up the scoreboards with 14 touchdowns in three games and is the new Heisman front-runner. Ole Miss leads the country in scoring offense And now Kiffin has a chance to make good on an old promise when he returns to Tuscaloosa for the first time as an opposing head coach since , his lone year at Tennessee.
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